Planning policies shape how places will be developed in the future. They provide the policy framework for the long-term development of the Borough and are the basis upon which planning decisions are based. View the Hyndburn Local Plan 1996 and...
More infoHyndburn’s new Local Plan
Local Plan public consultation 16 December 2019 – 27 January 2020 (this consultation is now closed) Gypsy and Traveller policy and site options consultation paper Final opportunity for ‘Call for Sites’ submissions Structure of...
More infoDevelopment Management DPD
On 11 January 2018, Hyndburn Council adopted the Development Management DPD, in accordance with Regulations 17 and 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. The adopted Development Management DPD provides...
More infoHyndburn Brownfield Register
The Government has introduced statutory Brownfield Registers via the Housing and Planning Act 2016, and The Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017. The purpose of a Brownfield Register is twofold: 1.To provide...
More info5 Year Housing Land Supply
In line with Government priorities to help boost the supply of housing, the Council is required to identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a minimum of five years’ worth of housing against...
More infoNeighbourhood Planning in Hyndburn
The Localism Act (2011) and the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012 deliver the Coalition Government’s commitment to create the ‘Big Society’ and neighbourhood planning. We have produced a toolkit of advice and guidance to...
More infoSelf-Build Register
The Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 places a duty on councils to keep (and publish) a register of individuals and community groups (associations of individuals) locally who want to acquire land for self-build homes and to have regard...
More infoConsultation – Rishton Canalside SPD
The primary purpose of the Rishton Canalside Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) is to encourage and support the delivery of planning applications on a number of vacant and derelict sites. General and site specific development guidance is...
More infoSite Allocations
Local Plan Public Consultation Please Note: The Council issued its final Call for Sites to be submitted by 27 January 2020 as part of the Reg 18(3) consultation on the next stage of its Local Plan (details). The consultation has now closed and...
More infoProvision for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Show People in Hyndburn
Provision is identified within Hyndburn for Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople up to 2016 through the adopted Hyndburn Core Strategy. Policy H3 of the adopted Core Strategy made this provision through the identification of a...
More infoLocally Listed Buildings in Hyndburn
The buildings and structures within the following download have been recognised as having local architectural and/or historic interest. They are identified in the conservation area appraisals carried out to date and will be added to as further...
More infoHill Top Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
The Hill Top SPD was formally adopted by the Council on the 20 September 2010. The document will be used as a material planning consideration in the determination of any future planning applications on the site. The document includes: Detail of...
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